Audrey the introvert

Agreed. I always find it comforting to hear or read about people in the public eye, like Audrey Hepburn, who were introverted and unapologetic about it. Although I do love a good day crammed with adventures and running around sometimes too!

Balloons in sunlight

Balloons (Midtown, Manhattan) by Youngna Park Somehow this photograph always makes me want to squint. How is it that someone is able to capture sunlight? It’s the next best thing to bottling it. (via 20×200)

Originally posted on Philz Coffee Blog:
(photo from The Bitten Word) Mmmm, coffee granita reminds me of my trip to Rome years ago when I happened upon Tazza d’Oro near the Pantheon. They made the BEST coffee granita (well, the first one I had ever tried) and they topped it with the perfectly whipped cream.…

Yves Klein’s Untitled blue painting

Some artworks wallop me so that when I first glimpse them, they somehow manage to stop me cold and sear themselves on my memory. That’s what happened the first time I glimpsed this painting at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) a few years ago. Finally I emailed the Collections department at the […]

How I Met My Wife

No, not me personally. “How I Met My Wife” is the title of a nimble essay by Jack Winter that appeared in The New Yorker (July 25, 1994) and uses the concept of unpaired words and the opposites of common idioms to fresh effect. A copy hangs up on the editorial bulletin board where I […]